Electric Truck news and trends

Amazon, GM Mull Stake In Electric Truck Co Rivian
Amazon // February 13, 2019

Amazon and General Motors are reportedly in talks about making an investment in Michigan-based startup Rivian Automotive. Sources told Reuters that the deal would value Rivian at between $1 billion and $2 billion and give both companies minority stakes in the electric truck manufacturer. If all...

Driverless Trucks Hog the Highway to an Autonomous Vehicle Future
Ecosystems // October 02, 2018

Driverless cars are indeed coming to roads soon enough — the U.K.’s transport secretary, in fact, recently predicted that those vehicles would appear there within four years. Even so, it might be autonomous trucks — as in semi-trailer trucks that haul freight — that hit the...

Volvo Debuts Autonomous, Electric Truck
Innovation // September 13, 2018

Volvo unveiled a new self-driving electric truck that could help with a shortage of freight drivers. The truck is still being developed and no official launch date was given, but the automaker said the vehicle should be initially deployed in ports and large logistics centers....

Quick Reads
Musk’s Tweet Implies Tesla Took In 250K Cybertruck Pre-Orders

November 27, 2019
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, reportedly suggested that his firm had taken in 250,000 pre-orders for its “Blade Runner”-inspired electric Cybertruck pickup truck. Musk tweeted “250k,” which seemed to suggest, based on his Twitter report in that past, that the figure was the number of orders the company had received from prospective clients, CNBC reported. Musk’s […]

Amazon, GM Mull Stake In Electric Truck Co Rivian

February 13, 2019
Amazon and General Motors are reportedly in talks about making an investment in Michigan-based startup Rivian Automotive. Sources told Reuters that the deal would value Rivian at between $1 billion...

Volvo Debuts Autonomous, Electric Truck

September 13, 2018
Volvo unveiled a new self-driving electric truck that could help with a shortage of freight drivers. The truck is still being developed and no official launch date was given, but...